Mediterranean diet and longevity in sicily: Survey in a sicani mountains population

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-188

  Vasto, Sonya ^a   Scapagnini, Giovanni ^b   Rizzo, Claudia ^b   Monastero, Roberto ^a   Marchese, Antonio ^c   Caruso, Calogero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; ITALY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SICILY;

EID: 84860289228     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: 15578577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2011.1280     Document Type: Article

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